The Monkees‘ songs were very different from Ray Charles’ songs. Despite this, The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz would perform one of Charles’ songs while dressed like James Brown. A songwriter said Dolenz’s ...

The impact of the show alone should be enough to warrant their induction. And the catalog they left behind is every bit as worthy of the honor, from those first four albums, all of which hit No. 1, ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a definitive ranking of the Monkees’ songs. I mean, it’s hard to come up with a ranking of any popular band’s songs, but I think the Monkees pose a ...

While the 1960s was a flourishing time for music both in America and abroad with the British Invasion, The Monkees still managed to carve a lane all their own. Introduced to audiences via The Monkees ...

Regardless of how many Monkees actually responded to the Hollywood Reporter advertisement seeking "4 insane boys, age 17-21" for a TV show inspired by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night,” it wasn’t ...